Bosses at HSBC have fallen victim to the bank’s huge cut back on office space as it attempts to move towards home-working, it has emerged. Senior staff were recently pushed out of their private offices on the 42nd level of the group’s Canary Wharf headquarters and will instead be force to hot-desk two floors below. … Read more
The chief strategist at London’s Canary Wharf has said thousands of workers are expected to return to offices as Covid restrictions are eased in the coming months. Howard Dawber, Canary Wharf Group’s head of strategy, said they are expecting numbers to increase from March 29 and that this will increase when services such as bars, … Read more
HSBC to axe 40% of office space… But the bank will keep its Canary Wharf HQ despite posting a 34% drop in profits By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:18 GMT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 22:18 GMT, 23 February 2021 HSBC is planning to ditch almost half its office space – but … Read more
Canary Wharf owner lodges plans for a huge office development despite the rise in working from home By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 16 July 2020 The owner of Canary Wharf in London has lodged plans for a huge office development. Canary Wharf Group … Read more
Close to where I live in south-west London a top City trader has set up his lockdown office in his vast suburban home with a bank of trading screens as his window on the world. Across town at Canary Wharf just 10,000 workers have returned to the gleaming towers occupied by the elite of world … Read more
Don’t try this at home… or anywhere! ‘Professional idiot’, 19, hangs off 600ft-high building in London’s Canary Wharf for YouTube stunt Adam Lockwood, 19, pretended to throw himself a London building for a prank The daredevil teenager takes videos of him climbing tall European buildings The warehouse worker from Wigan performed a similar stunt in … Read more
Traders at London’s iconic Billingsgate Fish Market are being forced to close over a lack of coronavirus protection. Eight out of 40 stalls at the fresh fish market in Poplar, east London, decided to close on Saturday over claims customers were not observing social distancing, with another eight planning to shut up shop this week … Read more
Barclays’ staff in Canary Wharf ordered to self-isolate after colleague is diagnosed with coronavirus By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 11 March 2020 A worker at Barclays’ Canary Wharf office has been diagnosed with coronavirus. The employee was based on the ninth … Read more
HSBC evacuates part of its Canary Wharf HQ amid fears worker has coronavirus British banking giant cleared its research department today after analyst fell ill Office spare is now being deep cleaned before employees are allowed to return Number of confirmed UK cases today rose to 90, including three NHS workers By Rory Tingle For … Read more
Owner of Canary Wharf in £1.6bn talks to sell one of Britain’s oldest port companies Brookfield looking to run a ‘strategic review’ of PD Ports PD Ports owns 13 UK shipping terminals, including those at Hull and Felixstowe By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:10 … Read more